Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I. Threshold Effects
6. Chapter 1. The Theory of Poverty Traps. What Have We Learned? 17
7. Part II. Institutions
8. Chapter 2. The Persistence of Poverty in The Americas: The Role of Institutions 43
9. Chapter 3. Parasites 79
10. Chapter 4. The Kin System as a Poverty Trap? 95
11. Chapter 5. Institutional Poverty Traps 116
12. Part III. Neighborhood Effects
13. Chapter 6. Groups, Social Influences, and Inequality 141
14. Chapter 7. Durable Inequality: Spatial Dynamics, Social Processes, and the Persistence of Poverty in Chicago Neighborhoods 176
15. Chapter 8. Spatial Concentration and Social Stratification: Does the Clustering of Disadvantage “Beget” Bad Outcomes? 204
16. Contributors 231
17. Index 233